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BE 204/205
Business Essential
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| expenses | The money that a business spends. |
| suppliers | Vendors; businesses from which other businesses buy goods or services. |
| Bilk | cheat, swindle, defraud. |
| Demographics | the physical and social characteristics of the population. |
| free enterprise | an economic system in which individuals and groups, rather than the government, own or control the means of production the human and natural resources and capital goods used to produce goods and services also known as private enterprise. |
| guarantee | a promise made to the consumer that a product's purchase price will be refunded if the product is not satisfactory, often called a money back guarantee. |
| lease | a company that operates under the leasing business model, which involves renting out assets like real estate, vehicles, or equipment to other businesses or individuals for a set period |
| return | Income received from an investment |
| revenue | income |
| Surety bond | A guarantee that protects a business when another person or business fails to fulfill the terms of a contract between them |
| Warranty | A promise made by the seller to the consumer that the seller will repair or replace a product that does not perform as expected |
| caller Kefauver antimerger act | A federal regulation that established a regulatory agency, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), to monitor business activities in order to prevent unfair competition |
| clayton act | A federal regulation intended to prevent specific business actions that might restrict competition |
| exclusive agreement | An illegal agreement that forbids customers from buying goods and services from competitors |
| oligopoly | A market structure in which there are relatively few sellers, and industry leaders usually determine prices |
| price competition | A market structure in which there are many businesses selling a lot of identical products for about the same price to many buyers; also known as pure competition |
| price fixing | Illegal business agreement in which businesses agree on prices of their goods or services, resulting in little choice for the customer |
| rebate | A return of part of the price a customer pays for a good or service; usually offered by the product's manufacturer |
| regulated monopoly | A monopoly that the government allows to exist legally under controlled conditions |
| Robinson Patman act | A federal regulation that prohibits price discrimination |
| standard of living | The general conditions in which people live; quality of life |
| tying agreement | An illegal agreement requiring a customer to buy other products in order to obtain desired goods and services |
| Demand | The quantity of a good or service that buyers are ready to buy at a given price at a particular time |
| Economic risks | Financial risks that a business cannot control, such as inflation and interest rate fluctuations |